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USA Team Nomination
USA CYCLING ATHLETE NOMINATION WORKSHEET
2020 WORLD BMX CHAMPIONSHIPS – CHALLENGE CLASS
May 26th-31st, 2020 - Houston, Texas USA
CRITERIA FOR AUTOMATIC NOMINATION TO THE TEAM
Team USA is allotted sixteen (32) starting positions for each age class and in each gender in both 20” (Class) and 24” (Cruiser) for the 2020 UCI BMX World Challenge. These 32 total available starting positions are in addition to positions reserved for riders who earned a W1-W8 finish from the 2019 UCI BMX World Challenge in Zolder, Belgium. Per UCI rules, any rider who earned such finish is an automatic qualifier in the 2020 UCI BMX World Challenge.
Automatic Criteria for 20” Challenge Class Categories
Eligible Participants: USAC International BMX License Holders. All athletes must be U.S. citizens. A riders’ racing age and UCI category will be determined by what their age will be on December 31, 2020.
Maximum Start Positions per UCI class: 32
Athletes may receive automatic nominations to the team based on the following prioritized criteria:
Automatic Nomination (in order of priority):
1. The top eight (8) placing riders or main event finalists on Friday at:
- USA BMX Winter Nationals
- USA BMX Lone Star Nationals
- USA BMX Spring Nationals
- USA BMX Carolina Nationals
2. If positions remain after considering the preceding criteria, then athletes may be selected by the USA Cycling Selection Committee following USA BMX Principles of Athlete Selection.
If a UCI challenge class fails to register 8 riders, all riders entered will be qualified at each event. Each rider will have to start two (2) heat races (moto) in order to be eligible.
Automatic Criteria for 24” Cruiser Class Categories
Eligible Participants: USAC International BMX License Holders. All athletes must be U.S. citizens. A riders’ racing age and UCI category will be determined by what their age will be on December 31, 2020.
Maximum Start Positions per class: 32
Athletes may receive automatic nominations to the team based on the following prioritized criteria:
Automatic Nomination (in order of priority):
1. The top eight (8) placing riders or main event finalists on Friday at:
- USA BMX Winter Nationals
- USA BMX Lone Star Nationals
- USA BMX Spring Nationals
- USA BMX Carolina Nationals
2. If positions remain after considering the preceding criteria, then athletes may be selected by the USA Cycling Selection Committee following USA BMX Principles of Athlete Selection.
If a UCI challenge class fails to register 8 riders, all riders entered will be qualified at each event. Each rider will have to start two (2) heat races (moto) in order to be eligible.
CRITERIA FOR DISCRETIONARY NOMINATION
If a rider fails to qualify in the 32 available start positions through the automatic criteria or from the 2019 World Championships, riders can fill out a Discretionary Athlete Nomination form from the world championship information page located at the USA BMX webpage. Each athlete will have to fill out the electronic nomination form by logging onto to www.usabmx.com/worlds, and scroll down and click on “BMX Discretionary Athlete Nomination Form.”
The deadline to submit Discretionary form is 5:00 pm Mountain Standard Time on March 30, 2020.
The Discretionary Athlete Nomination forms will only be accepted before the deadline March 30, 2020, no exceptions. Riders submitting forms will be thoroughly reviewed by the USA Cycling Selection Committee. Rider results will only be considered from the 2019 USA BMX National Age Group (NAG) final standings, the current 2020 USA BMX NAG standings and International events from August 1, 2017 to March 29, 2020. USA BMX will not add riders to a class to simply fill available start positions.
The final USA Cycling World Challenge BMX Team roster will be posted to USA Cycling’s website no later than Monday, April 15, 2020.
IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS
Qualification Events:
- USA BMX Winter Nationals
- USA BMX Lone Star Nationals
- USA BMX Spring Nationals
- USA BMX Carolina Nationals
IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
1. Automatic & Coaches Discretionary Nominations

- Announcement of Automatic Nominations: November 1st, 2019
- Confirmation of participant registration: Friday, April 1st, 2020
2. Petition Discretionary Nominations

- Deadline for submission of petitions: Monday, March 30, 2020

- Announcement of Discretionary Nominations by Petition: April 6, 2020
- Confirmation of participant registration: April 10, 2020
3. Final announcement of the Team: April 15, 2020
USA CYCLING BMX CHALLENGE CLASS TIMELINE
- February 1, 2020: Registration opens for 2019 W1-W8
- February 20, 2020: Registraion opens for Winter National qualified riders
- March 10, 2020: Registration opens for Lone Star National qualified riders
- March 23, 2020: Registration opens for Spring National qualified riders
- March 28, 2020: Registration opens for Carolina National qualified riders
- March 30, 2020: Deadline for submission of discretionary nomination petitions
- April 1, 2020: Deadline of participation registration for ALL QUALIFIED RIDERS
- April6, 2020: Announcment of discretionary nominations
- April 10, 2020: Deadline of participant registration for discretionary nominations
- April 15, 2020: Final announcement of World Championship Challenge Class Team
- July TBD: UCI published entries
